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Palm Coast fire chief: response metrics strong but station and hazmat gaps persist
Summary
Fire department leaders told the City Council they are meeting or exceeding national averages on some outcomes — including return of spontaneous circulation — but are missing response-time targets at one station and lack a county hazardous-materials team; staff said they will seek funding to replace two apparatus and update impact fees.
Fire Chief (name not specified) told the Palm Coast City Council that the fire department is meeting several clinical and containment benchmarks but that capital and regional capability gaps remain. "Year to date, we're containing 86 percent of fires that get beyond the container to the room of origin," the chief said, adding that the national figure is about 55 percent. He also said the department is achieving return of spontaneous circulation in about 37 percent of cardiac-arrest cases year to date, compared with an out-of-hospital average of about 29 percent.
The chief said the department’s goal…
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